How to Use countryman in a Sentence

countryman

noun
  • Indeed, some of them sacrifice their lives for their country and their countrymen, as Liu has.
    The Editors, National Review, 13 July 2017
  • A lot of my countrymen have found classical singing relatively painless.
    Georgia Rowe, The Mercury News, 23 May 2017
  • Elvis Andrus, Odor’s countryman, has experience with signing a mega-deal at a young age and then struggling after doing so.
    Jeff Wilson, star-telegram.com, 6 June 2017
  • True to a musical that plays against type, each of these three Germans is more like an American counterpart than either of his fellow countrymen.
    Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2017
  • These coastal Westerners often feel more of an affinity with foreigners like themselves than with fellow countrymen who live 100 miles inland.
    Victor Davis Hanson, The Mercury News, 25 May 2017
  • Many of Philip's new countrymen were wary of the match.
    Chanel Vargas, Town & Country, 4 Dec. 2017
  • Neymar's countryman, Dani Alves, set up Mbappe in the fifth minute and Draxler in the 14th.
    USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2017
  • At least that’s what Vladimir Putin wants his countrymen to think.
    Owen Matthews, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Over the course of the past few months, the Dutch DJ has crossed paths with a few fellow countrymen in the industry.
    Billboard Radio China, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2017
  • His legacy lives on in the museums and the hearts of his countrymen.
    Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 17 June 2023
  • Andrey Rublev, his fellow countryman who is the men's No. 8, would be in the mix, too.
    Lee Igel, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Then their countrymen are here to cheer them on in the stadium.
    Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • But his act of dissent hit a nerve among his countrymen.
    Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 11 June 2024
  • Think of him rather as the antithesis of countryman Elon Musk.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Chef Robert Irvine tries to help his countryman turn around 15 years of failure.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Dora beat countryman Alex Ribeiro in the semifinals despite one of the best rides of the day.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Berezovsky, one of Russia’s first and best-known oligarchs, bought the chateau in the 1990s, paving the way for an influx of his wealthy countrymen to the area.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • Scott Dixon _ is a legend in this sport and a fellow-countryman.
    John Sturbin, Dallas News, 2 May 2021
  • Her father, a Basque sheepherder, had settled in the area in 1947 along with many of his countrymen.
    Elizabeth Zach, sacbee, 24 Mar. 2018
  • In choosing to stay in their village, the villagers preserved the lives of their countrymen.
    1843, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The movie opens with some visual poetry: the boys of the banlieue off to Paris to watch a soccer match in a crowd of their countrymen.
    Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The second-best Aussie on the team, point guard Emmett Naar from Sydney, fed his countryman all night and chipped in 13 points.
    Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The pair have grown closer of late and Mickelson is the first to applaud his countryman's impact on the game.
    Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
  • But first, a great day for this country and our fellow countrymen.
    Fox News, 11 May 2018
  • Fritz said his body had rested since the five-set match against fellow countryman Tiafoe.
    Joshua Hoyos, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Will that moment feel right to those athletes and their countrymen?
    Chicago Tribune, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • No wonder that many of his countrymen are placing high hopes on the great dragon peering down from the north.
    The Economist, 22 July 2017
  • After the game, in a quiet room in the bowels of the arena, Ginobili will meet with his countrymen for close to an hour.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Ohtani struck out twice and walked against his fellow countryman, the two facing each other for the first time as big-leaguers.
    Jeff Miller, latimes.com, 27 May 2018
  • Leading his fellow countrymen, Tell embarks on a courageous rebellion, seeking to defend their liberty and stand against the tyrannical forces that seek to subjugate them.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024

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